Wound healing is a complex process of repair that involves the interaction between different cell types and involves coordinated interactions between intracellular and extracellular signaling. Bone ...Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells (BMSCs) based and acellular amniotic membrane (AM) therapeutic strategies with the potential for treatment and regeneration of tissue. We aimed to evaluate the involvement of paracrine effects in tissue repair after the flap skin lesion rat model. In the full-thickness flap skin experiment of forty Wistar rats: A total of 40 male Wistar rats were randomized into four groups: group I: control (C; n = 10), with full-thickness lesions on the back, without (BMSCs) or AM (n = 10); group II: injected (BMSCs; n = 10); group III: covered by AM; group IV-injected (AM + BMSCs; n = 10). Cytokine levels, IL-1, and IL-10 assay kits, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione reductase (GRs) and carbonyl activity levels were measured by ELISA 28th day, and TGF-β was evaluated by immunohistochemical, the expression collagen expression was evaluated by Picrosirius staining. Our results showed that the IL-1 interleukin was higher in the control group, and the IL-10 presented a higher mean when compared to the control group. The groups with BMSCs and AM showed the lowest expression levels of TGF-β. SOD, GRs, and carbonyl activity analysis showed a predominance in groups that received treatment from 80%. The collagen fiber type I was predominant in all groups; however, the AM + BMSCs group obtained a higher average when compared to the control group. Our findings suggest that the AM+ BMSCs promote skin wound healing, probably owing to their paracrine effect attributed to the promotion of new collagen for tissue repair.
Abstract The treatment of tracheal pathologies remains challenging.Nanotechnology allows adding substances to decellularized human amniotic membrane (DHAM), such as 15-Deoxy-∆12,14ProstaglandinJ2 ...nanoparticles (15D-PGJ2-NC).This study performed a tracheotomy in rabbits randomized into three groups.The tissue repair process was evaluated when treated with DHAM associated or not with 15D-PGJ2-NC.The average of the area in the control group was 54.76% smaller than DHAM group and 41.98% smaller than DHAM + 15D-PGJ2-NC group (p=0.004 for both).The DHAM + 15D-PGJ2-NC group had significantly more immature cartilage (p=0.015).DHAM impregnated with 15D-PGJ2-NC could provide support for the healing of the tracheal defect and may prevent reduction of its lumen.
Recent studies have suggested that therapies with stem cells and amniotic membrane can modulate the inflammation following an ischemic injury in the heart. This study evaluated the effects of ...bone-marrow mononuclear cells (BMMC) and acellular human amniotic membrane (AHAM) on cardiac function and NLRP3 complex in a rat model of heart failure.On the 30th day,the echocardiographic showed improvements on ejection fraction and decreased pathological ventricular remodeling on BMMC and AHAM groups.Oxidative stress analysis was similar between the three groups,and the NLRP3 inflammasome activity were not decreased with the therapeutic use of both BMMC and AHAM,in comparison to the control group.
OBJETIVO: analisar características epidemiológicas relacionadas ao trauma hepático e fazer breve revisão das modalidades diagnósticas e de tratamento. MÉTODO: estudo retrospectivo de fevereiro/2002 a ...maio/2007 através de prontuários de 154 pacientes admitidos com trauma hepático no Hospital Universitário Cajuru (HUC). RESULTADOS: Foram encontrados 90,26% das vítimas de trauma hepático do sexo masculino e a média de idade de 26,28 anos. Quanto ao mecanismo de trauma, 72,73% foram por trauma penetrante, sendo que destes, 55,84% foram por arma de fogo e 16,88% por arma branca; e 27,27% por trauma contuso, no qual 73,81% envolveram colisões por veículos automotores e 26,49% outros. Na admissão o período de 0h - 12h foi o de maior prevalência, a média da pressão arterial foi de 117,6/72,3 mmHg, da freqüência cardíaca de 99,03 bpm e do Glasgow de 13,6. O tempo decorrido entre a admissão e a realização da primeira cirurgia foi de menos de 2 horas em 60,43%. Verificou-se maior incidência da lesão Grau II, seguida da Grau III e IV (totalizando 88,3%). As lesões cirúrgicas associadas foram encontradas em mais de 75% dos casos. O ISS médio foi de 15,09, 19,85, 27,83, 35,47 e 40,93 e a sobrevida de 100%, 88,88%, 81,25%, 48,48% e 22,23% nas lesões grau I, II, III, IV e V, respectivamente. CONCLUSÃO: os dados epidemiológicos encontrados neste estudo refletem a violência na sociedade moderna, que se traduz com aumento da complexidade das lesões encontradas e constitui desafio para decisão da melhor conduta terapêutica.
BACKGROUND: We analyze the epidemiological characteristics related to hepatic trauma, and we do a brief review of the different types in diagnosis and management. METHODS: A retrospective study from February 2002 to March 2007. One hundred fifty four patients were admitted at Cajuru University Hospital with hepatic trauma. RESULTS: We found that 90.26% of hepatic trauma victims were male with average age of 26.28 years old. Hepatic no blunt traumas were 72.73%. Among these, 55.54% were firearm traumas and 16.88% were caused by stab wounds. Blunt traumas were responsible by automobile collisions in 73.81%, and 26.49% were by other mechanisms. Most patients arrived at the hospital between 12:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. The average blood pressure was 117.6/72.3 mmHg, the average cardiac frequency was 99.03bpm and the Glasgow average was 13.6. In 60.43% of the cases, the time gap between admission and surgery took less than 2 hours. The most frequent lesions were related to a second degree followed by 3rd and 4th degree lesions reaching 88.3% of the cases. Associated lesions treated surgically were found in more than 75% of the cases. The average ISS was 15.09, 19.85, 27.83, 35.47, and 40.93%. The survival rate was 100, 88.88, 81.85, 48.88, and 22.23% in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th degree lesions, respectively. CONCLUSION: The epidemiological data reflect modern society violence, which is translated by the increasing complexity in lesions found, and it has been a challenge for the surgeon to choose the best therapeutic method.
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